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1. Skillful,skilled,expert refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art. Skillful suggests especially adroitness and dexterity: a skillful watchmaker.Skilled implies having had long experience and thus having acquired a high degree of proficiency: not an amateur but a skilled worker.Expert means having the highest degree of proficiency; it may mean much the same as skillful or skilled, or both: expert workmanship. See also dexterous.